Development of a Fall Detecting System for the Elderly Residents
Accidental falls are common causes of serious injury and health threats in the elder population. To deliver adequate medical support, the robust and immediate falls detection is important. Since the fall detection in the elderly remains a major challenge in the public health domain, effective fall-detection will provide urgent support and dramatically reduce the cost of medical care. In this work, we propose a fall-detecting system placing an accelerometer on the head level and using an algorithm to distinguish between falls and daily activities. The experimental results have demonstrated the proposed scheme with high reliability and sensitivity on fall detection. The system is not only cost effectively but also potable. It fulfills the requirements of fall detection.
component fall detect accelerometers elderly resident
Chia-Chi Wang Chih-Yen Chiang Po-Yen Lin Yi-Chieh Chou I-Ting Kuo Chih-Ning Huang Chia-Tai Chan
Institute of Biomedical Engineering National Yang-Ming University Taipei, Taiwan
国际会议
上海
英文
1359-1362
2008-05-16（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）